John McCain and Barack Obama will both appear at Rev. Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif for The Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion forum on religious faith. This will be the first joint appearance for the two as the nominees for their parties. ~Religious Forum

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The 2008 National Youth & Young Adult Conference and Vacation Bible School will be held in Peth Amboy, NJ on July 24th-27th. Special musical guests include JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise.

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CNN’s "Black in America" premieres tonight at 9 P.M. ET. The show will take a look at the many issues and struggles facing the Black community.

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legendary Gospel group the Mighty Clouds of Joy for more than 20 years died
Friday morning July 18th as a result of a massive coronary. He was 46. He
is survived by his wife Valerie and 3 children, ages 8, 11 and 16.

The Mighty Clouds of Joy are three time Grammy award winners & Gospel
Music Hall of Fame members. Formed in 1960 in Los Angeles the Mighty Clouds
retain two original members, Joe Ligon & Richard Wallace. Michael had been
a member for over two decades.

Long time member Joe Ligon commented today, “Michael Cook was a
dedicated member of The Mighty Clouds of Joy for 24 years before his
untimely passing on July 18th. When Mike joined the group, he fit our vocal
style like a glove. Over the years, however, he took that style to a new
level. He was my vocal backbone in the group. He was a people person. He
loved everyone. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”

Funeral arrangements:
Thursday, July 24th - 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Michael Cook Tribute
Living Waters Worship Center
8262 Lokus Road
Odenton, MD 21113
(410) 672-4260

Friday, July 25th - 9:00 AM 11:00 AM viewing, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM service
Reid Temple AME Church
11400 Glenn Dale Boulevard
Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(301) 352-1758
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Michael Cook Trust
Fund at any Bank of America Branch. This will go to the welfare of his
children.

Please send all cards to Valerie Cook, PO Box 273, Jessup, MD 20794
http://www.MightyCloudsOfJoy.com

About EMI Gospel

Brentwood, Tennessee-based EMI Gospel is a division of EMI Christian
Music Group, the world’s largest Christian music organization that also
includes EMI CMG Label Group, EMI CMG Distribution and EMI CMG Publishing.
It is part of EMI Group, the world’s largest independent music company
who’s other U.S. labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol,
Capitol Nashville, EMI Latin, Narada and Virgin Records

SOURCE EMI Gospel

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Register early for Israel Houghton’s Deeper Level Conference and get in on the Early Bird Registration rate. Early registration ends July 31st, so be sure to register soon!

New additions to the Deeper Level Worship Conference guest lineup have just been announced! Conference guests include Canadian singer/songwriter and Integrity Music artist Joel Auge, Boston-based family group Ashmont Hill, worship leader/songwriter Denise Graves and husband and wife duo Matthew & Lizi.

They join an already stellar lineup of guests including Israel Houghton & Meleasa Houghton, David & Nicole Binion, Steve Crawford & Da’dra Crawford Greathouse, Alan & Aaron Franklin, Bishop Joseph Garlington, Pastor Scott Jones, Aaron Lindsey, Brett Manning, Terrance Palmer and Kevin Singleton.

Dive in…and go deep! REGISTER TODAY!

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1. The award-winning Mighty Clouds of Joy has lost one of their members. Michael Cook (second from left in picture) passed away on Friday, July 18th. According to the groups website , funeral arrangements will be posted shortly.

2. Pre-sale tickets are now available for the Allstate Gospel Superfest event which will be held in the Jones Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday, November 1st.~Gospel Superfest

3. MegaFest International, one of the world’s largest Christian events, will provide free healthcare and educational opportunities to the people of South Africa and Swaziland, Oct.10-12 and Oct.17-19. Under the banner of MegaCARE, this new outreach of MegaFest is part of the event’s commission to meet people’s spiritual and physical needs.~MegaFest

4. Has your church choir recorded their version of Regina Belle’s, "God is Good", for the 2008 Choir Contest yet? The winning choir will win a three song live performance to track from from Regina Belle and the opportunity to perform "God is Good" with Regina Belle this winter. Cool prizes!~God is Good

5. The VIP Conference 2008 will be held July 27th-August 3rd in Charlotte, NC. Featured artists include gospel music artists Kiki Sheard & Bold Right Life, Monique Walker, Ernest Pugh, & Lowell Pye.

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The family of Rev. Timothy Wright have finalized funeral services for Betty Wright and DJ Wright:

Wake/ Viewing
SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2008 from 12 Noon Until
GRACE TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN CENTER C.O.G.I.C.
1745 Pacific Street
Brooklyn, New York 11213

Homegoing Celebration:
MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM
WASHINGTON TEMPLE C.O.G.I.C.
1372 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11213

In lieu of floral tributes and to absorb costs, please consider financial tributes to be sent directly to:

Rev. Timothy Wright
15 Meyer St.
Roosevelt, New York 11575

The family would like to thank you for your expressions of prayer and concern. We all must continue to pray. In addition, please keep Danny, his wife and sons in prayer for the loss of their son and brother.

Please allow the family a moment to deal with the days ahead by holding your phone calls and e-mails to a bare minimum. Thank you for your understanding in this time of bereavement!

Rev. Timothy Wright update:

Rev. Timothy Wright had a successful surgery on July 16, 2008 and is responding well to treatment and therapies. There is still a long road yet to be traveled. Please continue to pray for his complete healing and recovery.

Reference: Gospel Music Legend, Rev. Timothy Wright and Family in Car Crash

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1. The new book by Judy Jacobs, Don’t Miss Your Moment , will help readers to:

• Get back in touch with their dreams
• Consider examples of people who did and who did not miss their moments
• Re-examine the meaning and importance of growing in the ability to walk by faith
• Learn what to do when they feel they may have missed their moment
• Learn to hear and obey God, and begin to work alongside Him

2. Malinda Sapp, wife of Gospel music singer Marvin Sapp, has been selected as principal of Grand Rapids Ellington Academy.~Source

3. Melvin Crispell & Testimony is having a live recording on July 19th in Charlotte, NC. Doors open at 6:00 so get there early!~Official Myspace

4. Bethany Baptist Church in Lindenwold, NJ will be celebrating the 18th Pastoral Anniversary of Bishop David G. Evans on July 27th. Special guests include Pastor Jamal Bryant & Bishop T.D. Jakes.~Pastor Anniversary

5. Gospel music legend, Rev. Lawrence C. Roberts, passed away on July 14th. Rev. Roberts is credited with changing the course of Gospel music history by being the first to perfect the live recording experience with Rev. James Cleveland’s “Volume I” album.~Source

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More new great Gospel music! The new album from Stellar Award winning 21:03, Total Attention , will be in stores on July 22nd. The single “You” is the number one downloaded Gospel song on iTunes! How cool is that?

Just listened to the PAJAM produced single “Cover Me” with Smokie Norful and Fred Hammond on the groups myspace . Getting ready to listen to it again right now! I love it! This is going to be a great album.

According to Gospel Music Channel , 21:03 stands for the date on which the group (Jorel Quinn, Torrence Greene, and Evin Martin) was founded – January 21, 2003 – by J-Moss and his producing partners Paul Allen and Walter Kearney after a series of auditions in local churches. Their contemporary brand of gospel fused with hip-hop is poised to win praise from a new generation of gospel fans.

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